Go to http://meaddictionstore.com to get your copy!It’s finally here! The book we’ve been working on for nearly 2 years is available! Listen to what Max Lucado, pastor and bestselling author, says about it. “Need pampering? This isn’t the book. Ready for some healthy, balance-giving perspective? You’ll find it in these pages.” Our prayer is that this book will challenge the status quo of a self-focused world. To celebrate our book release, the first 250 book orders purchased from the website above (http://meaddictionstore.com) will receive a signed copy by at least one of the authors, the first 750 book orders will receive exclusive access to a website with 16 brief videos of the authors discussing the book (available in early January 2012), and the first 1500 book orders will receive a free ‘what’s in it for Him?’ wristband. This will make a great Christmas gift and stocking stuffer…order yours now!! About the book…
ME Addiction: having it my way isn’t so great after allWritten by Rick Brown, Reg Cox, Jer Villanueva, and Dr. Glen Villanueva Need pampering? This isn’t the book. Ready for some healthy, balance-giving perspective? You’ll find it in these pages. Also endorsed by:
Shelley Leith (co-author of Character Makeover and creator of 40 Days of Purpose Campaign), Dr Jimmy Sites (TV producer and host, Spiritual Outdoor Adventures), Bob Smiley (nationally known comedian), Lynn Anderson (author and founder of Mentor Network), Christie Love (Executive Director of LeadHer), and Dr Phil Schubert (president, Abilene Christian University). Published: 11/14/2011
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover or Dust Jacket Hardcover Pages: 148 Size: 5.5 x 8.5 ISBN: 978-1-44973-030-7 (paperback), 978-1-44973-031-4 (hardcover) This is a book we’ve all been wanting but didn’t know we needed.
–From the forward by Phil and Heather Joel, founders of deliberate People and formerly of Newsboys It’s an addiction. The oldest one.
It has caused every human from the first person to now to navel gaze rather than God gaze. Its tagline is “What’s in it for me?” It has caused families to break up, portfolios to bankrupt, and individuals to self-destruct. The addiction? The ME Addiction. It’s that ingrained reaction to think of self first and others later. Sometimes much later. It’s the idea that having it my way is the best way. Believing that has elevated our egos, sent us into hiding, broken our community, surfaced anxiety, and saturated us with stress. But “having it my way” wasn’t the original way. At the beginning, the first response was to look to God. The better question was, “What’s in it for him?” ME Addiction will help you diagnose the human condition and take steps to a better life. A life that breaks free from the oldest addiction known to humans and begins to live a revolutionary life. The life for which you were created. Discover what a ME-free world looks like, starting here.
About The Authors RICK BROWN is the lead pastor of ChristBridge Fellowship in Tomball, Texas, in the Houston area since 1999. His church’s mission to “impact the community for eternity” has led him and others to become involved in councils and boards and service groups to help make the city a better place for everyone. Rick is married to Karen and has two sons, Kristofer and Taylor, and one daughter-in-law, Jenn. REG COX has ministered in the Denver, Colorado, area since 2002. He has spoken extensively for teen and college-age groups and led spiritual renewal events throughout the world. He is married to Amy, and they have one son, Levi, and one daughter, Faith. JER VILLANUEVA has ministered in Seattle, Washington and Northern California since 1994. He enjoys teaching and seeing others transformed in Christ. He holds a MS in ministry and Master of Divinity from Pepperdine University. He is married to Lyn, and they have three children, Sydney, Elias, and Noelle. DR. GLEN VILLANUEVA is a family physician serving the underserved in Modesto, California, since 1997. As co-founder of Shoestring Ministries, he is able to fulfill his passion to help heal the sick and minister to the soul. Glen is married to Yvonne, and they have two daughters, Maya and Ani. |
Me Addiction Book Now Available!!
Pleading-Prayer
I’ve been in pleading-prayer a lot lately. You know the kind. “Lord, PLEASE, please, pleasepleasepleasePLEASE!!” This is the type of prayer that you pray when you need a house to sell, to retain your sanity through a move, and most of all when you think of depositing your teenage children amongst 1,000 strangers on the first day of school.
When I say pleading, think of the posture that we teach our children to pray: eyes squinched shut, hands clasped at the face or chest, head bowed. I don’t criticize this posture, and for small children especially, I think the posture is beneficial for eliminating distractions — and keeps them from playing with their silverware through dinnertime prayers.
Slowly, through different input, God has changed my pleading-posture… and my pleading words over this summer. [Read more...]
I choose joy. I choose praise.
5-foot-3 inches is too high, evidently, for an iPhone to fall screen down on a concrete surface and survive even with a cover.
Standing on the driveway to put on my hat before a run I dropped my iPhone (that I use for training and music while I run). It didn’t hit my knee or shoe or anything on the way down. Just SPLAT.
You know I’m always honest with you: I, like most iPhone users, really like my iPhone. I use it for my alarm clock, on my runs I use it not only for music but to keep track of pace and distance, the GPS feature has been exceptionally handy while adjusting to life in our new town. [Read more...]

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